If I have 1.5 trillion US dollars and wanted to divide it up between 7 billion people (the world's population). How much would each person g

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If I have 1.5 trillion US dollars and wanted to divide it up between 7 billion people (the world's population). How much would each person get?

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We can use scientific notation here:

[ 1.5 x 10¹² ] / [ 7 x 10⁹ ] = [ 15 x 10¹¹ ] / [ 7 x 10⁹ ] ≈ 2.1428 x 10² ≈ $ 214.28

CPhill Jul 18, 2014

CPhill · Answer 1 · 2014-07-18T06:10:53

We can use scientific notation here:

[ 1.5 x 10¹² ] / [ 7 x 10⁹ ] = [ 15 x 10¹¹ ] / [ 7 x 10⁹ ] ≈ 2.1428 x 10² ≈ $ 214.28